Things you wish were commercially available?
Roasted bone marrow.
In a tube perhaps (like those tomato paste tubes), or even in a pedestrian glass jar.
Of course like everything else it won't be as good as homemade but it sure would be convenient when I've got some day-old baguettes just itching to be used up.
It'll never happen, but one can dream especially on NYE.
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lamb_da_calculus
Jan 5, 2013 09:08 PM
I don't know why more (nice) seafood markets don't make there own stock with all of the bones, heads, tails, etc. they throw out every day. Stock isn't hard or expensive to make, freezes well - I just don't buy enough fish to ever build up a supply of extra parts and make it myself. What am I missing here?
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re: lamb_da_calculus
Will Owen
Jan 6, 2013 08:51 PM
For the record, fish parts freeze well if you keep them from freezer burn. Back before we had the FoodSaver vacuum baggers, folks I knew in Alaska would freeze small fish or carcasses in cleaned-out milk cartons topped up with water. The resulting block of ice would keep the surfaces from drying out and getting nasty-tasting. Parts such as crustacean shells and fish frames generally freeze okay without such precautions, but they can't hurt.
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alliegator
Jan 3, 2013 08:38 AM
My wish is simple, and very non-gourmet. I'd like to buy Arby's sauce. Not actually schlep to Arby's ask for a handful of packs only to get 2. I want a whole damned bottlle! And it'd be nice if major grocery stores carried it.
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re: Will Owen
alliegator
Jan 8, 2013 06:56 AM
Thanks. I have tried that route, but it's the red arby's sauce, not the horsey sauce that I'm after. Sadly, the copycat recipes I've come across just don't measure up :/
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Demi Glaze. Yes it is available by mail order etc...but would be nice if it was available in grocery stores...along with quality stocks.
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Will Owen
Jan 2, 2013 12:10 PM
Surfas in Culver City has several kinds of demi-glace … but then you have to be close enough to Culver City to make the trip. I got a jar each of beef and chicken a few years ago, and it was something like $20+ per jar. However, I only recently used the last of it!
If you're anywhere near a Williams-Sonoma or Sur le Table store, they'll probably have some.
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re: golfer1
Here's a link to More Than Gourmet. They have a few demi glace varieties. I can find this at a kitchen shop about 25 miles away from me, so I try to combine business travel with a stop at the shop. It's not worth the trip just to buy a couple of little packs. Yes, it would be nice to have it available in grocery stores.
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pamf
Jan 3, 2013 01:18 PM
I have used more than gourmet demi glace and have found it widely available at nicer grocery stores in California.
However, the poster who asked about this is in Edmonton, Alberta (according to their profile), so I don't know the availability of US brands there.
Check with the best grocery with a full service butcher counter (or dedicated butcher shop) and ask what they know of. They may also have frozen stocks available too.
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